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Get the real stories of how entrepreneurs, artists, heretics, authors, liberators, athletes, and innovators pursue their ideas and aspirations.
From TED speakers, national broadcasters, New York Times best selling authors to Ultra-marathon runners and start-up CEO’s you’re guaranteed to be encouraged to swing for the fence in your own pursuits.
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 257
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Retracing the Legendary Road to Sparta with Dean Karnazes #97
Dean Karnazes exudes life...to the fullest. At age 30, Dean discovered his feet were meant for running unimaginable distances instead of his former wing tipped polished leather shoes of Corporate Ame…
The Lesson of ISOLATION with Filmmakers David Guersan and Matthieu Bernat #96
I S O L A T I O N is a short film directed by David Guersan and Mathieu Bernat about a stranger leaving his modern lifestyle for a spiritual journey through incredible Scottish landscapes. Throughout…
The Raging Sloth Living with Real Limitations Eric Eaton #95
Author, speaker, and leader Eric Eaton shows readers a pathway to bust their limitation, define success for themselves, and live an abundant life. Eric distilled decades of personal and professional …
Restoring Balance Part 5 Geography Isn't the Problem #94
It's easy to believe that if we lived somewhere else, worked somewhere else, were with someone else....we could experience the life we desire. Most of the time...that turns out to be entirely wrong.
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Beyond Everest: Leaving Behind More Than Boot Tracks Jake Norton #93
Jake Norton is a world-renowned climber, photographer, filmmaker, philanthropist, and inspirational speaker. Based in Evergreen, Colorado, Jake’s worldwide adventures have taken him to the summit of …
Restoring Balance Part 4 Accepting Your Limitations #92
Discovering, restoring and recovering balance requires being honest about and accepting your limitations. I did not want to believe that I had physical, emotional and relational limitations. Unfortun…
Capture More Attention with Dan Roam #91
Dan Roam is the author of the international bestseller The Back of the Napkin, the most popular visual-thinking business book of all time. Dan helps business people think and solve problems visually.…
Restoring Balance Part 3-MicroRest #90
Build in MicroRest into your day. Begin choosing to pause, for a moment, a second or a few minutes. Stop, come to an idle and catch your breath.
Practical MicroRest habitsWork: Schedule five to fi…
Restoring Balance Part 2- Stop Multitasking #89
Stop Multitasking and starting doing one thing at a time. In this episode, I outline how multitasking deters us from experiencing balance. Instead, focusing our energy and attention on one task, conv…
Restoring Balance Part 1-Changing the Atmosphere #88
In this podcast series on Restoring Balance, I deconstructs the art of making adjustments in your approach, your thinking, your beliefs and habits. I share practical easy-to-start tools to restoring …
Off the Map with Andrew Skurka #87
Andrew Skurka is an accomplished adventure athlete, speaker, guide, and writer. The 34-year-old is most well known for his solo long-distance backpacking trips, notably the 4,700-mile 6-month Alaska-…
Milestone Marker of Five Years #86
Five years ago I started writing a couple articles on a wordpress site to profile my ideas as part of a career change.
Accidentally….Now two-hundred and forty field reports (blog posts) and 86 podca…
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life #85
Create a life that matters to you. The narrative we tell ourselves frames our life. Work can’t be about survival. Rethink work. Live differently. Capitalize on the small margins of your life, they ad…
Sharing Our Life Love and Food with Elayne Prechtel #84
Last week, I crashed a women only backyard dinner party. Thirty women were dressed and buttoned to celebrate their Season Finale of Super Soul Happy Hour/Share Classes. Party lights were strung betwe…
A Church, a Gym and a Bar: Surfing with Srinivas Rao #82
Srini called in for our interview from a SoCal seaside coffee shop between tides. He ejected on his busy life to detox for a few days by practicing what he preaches. During our interview you'll hear …
Creating a Haven of Peace with Joanne Miller #81
In this podcast interview with Joanne Miller, she helps us understand the importance of having a peaceful and healthy home environment. In Joanne's new book, Creating a Haven of Peace (available on A…
Adventure: Knowing When to Turn Around #80
In this podcast, my adventure buddy, Ray Cameron and I retell our experience of turning around on our attempt to climb Crestone Peak. Crestone Peak is Colorado's 7th' highest mountain rising to 14,29…
How to Scale Influence with Carl Richards #79
The Narrative I Tell Myself Every Day #78
Rob Bell says in his new book, How to Be Here, "We all have a blinking line, a cursor. Your blinking line is whatever sits in front of you waiting to be brought into existence".
The narrative I tell …
Honorable Work and a Short Bus #77
Podcast bullet:
- If you don’t like the work you’re doing everyday. We can still choose to do it well.
- It is honorable just doing the hard work of staying alive.
- There is a lot of pressure in our mode…